Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2026-04-04

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 4
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 197▲ 11 vs year ago 176 · +6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 64▼ 13 vs year ago 48 · −27.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 113▲ 57 vs year ago 52 · +109.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of comparable sales. However excessively fleshy and new crop calves, tended to receive considerable discounts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $406.83/cwt on 16 head, up $17.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 34 comparable sales and sits +44.64 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$406.83
▲ 17.49 vs prior sale
16 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,151
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.81
vs TN average
−16.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526421.142,21612thin
Medium and Large 2536363.921,9514thin
One grade step is worth $57.22/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
406.83
—
TN average17 barns · 782 hd
411.65
−4.81
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
−16.36
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
+44.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
470412354296median 362.1903/0705/0207/1109/0510/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.21, low $309.60, median $362.19 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,814192.533,4935thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,483194.002,8762thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,192174.132,07513
CowsLean 85-90%High975140.391,3693thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$4,1501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,250$3,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,205$3,2658
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,060$3,0501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)937$3,0002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,246$2,7764thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,104$2,6603thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,080$2,6152thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)885$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,338$2,5632thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,110$2,5502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,165$2,2985
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)772$2,9003thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,327$4,8533thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,187$4,2423thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,000$4,1251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$4,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,162$3,9148
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,265$3,6882thin

Every lot

85 lots · USDA AMS · Crossville Stockyard - Crossville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260576.50/cwt560.00–585.001,4993
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2260480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2481
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321549.00/cwt535.00–580.001,7623
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5182
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375526.22/cwt517.00–545.001,9733
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427524.13/cwt517.00–530.002,2384
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed433571.89/cwt565.00–601.002,4765
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8261
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515497.00/cwt497.00–497.002,5601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550478.29/cwt474.00–489.002,6317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,5761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618445.24/cwt440.00–451.002,7529
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625351.10/cwt324.00–380.002,1942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662388.56/cwt385.00–390.002,5725
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,4342
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788326.99/cwt324.00–330.002,5772
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872322.35/cwt300.00–330.002,8114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3161
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322433.36/cwt410.00–455.001,3956
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335489.85/cwt485.00–500.001,6413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3831
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368481.50/cwt460.00–490.001,7727
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy375430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415398.30/cwt390.00–407.001,6532
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417440.82/cwt424.00–445.001,8385
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,7781
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,8911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,8431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480446.25/cwt438.00–463.002,1423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513450.34/cwt429.00–466.002,3108
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536363.92/cwt335.00–400.001,9514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570358.64/cwt356.00–364.002,0443
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635366.75/cwt359.00–380.002,3295
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663350.59/cwt347.50–358.002,32411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,0572
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710310.50/cwt310.00–311.002,2052
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723317.56/cwt315.00–320.002,2962
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3331
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412498.24/cwt495.00–505.002,0533
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3284
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516475.78/cwt440.00–480.002,45510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528409.62/cwt407.00–414.002,1633
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580453.18/cwt446.00–455.002,62815
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3441
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659368.20/cwt367.00–370.002,4265
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663345.51/cwt344.00–347.002,2912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,814190.16/cwt185.00–197.503,4504
Bulls——1,815202.00/cwt202.00–202.003,6661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955135.59/cwt133.00–138.001,2952
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157173.17/cwt167.50–178.002,0047
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192158.51/cwt157.50–159.001,8893
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273192.00/cwt185.00–203.002,4443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445208.00/cwt208.00–208.003,0061
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,7361
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs11 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19504,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29803,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0004,125.00/head4,125.00–4,125.004,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0204,700.00/head4,700.00–4,700.004,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1533,329.72/head3,250.00–3,425.003,3302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2004,450.00/head4,450.00–4,450.004,4504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2103,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2303,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2704,012.60/head3,800.00–4,250.004,0132
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3003,625.00/head3,625.00–3,625.003,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3274,853.27/head4,200.00–5,600.004,8533
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18852,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19373,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0603,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0602,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0802,614.81/head2,550.00–2,675.002,6152
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1042,659.58/head2,500.00–2,975.002,6603
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1602,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1652,297.62/head2,125.00–2,475.002,2985
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1883,449.74/head2,725.00–4,000.003,4502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2103,203.68/head3,000.00–3,400.003,2046
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2454,150.00/head4,150.00–4,150.004,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2462,775.80/head2,375.00–3,100.002,7764
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2503,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3382,562.85/head2,525.00–2,600.002,5632
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 27722,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9003

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.